Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
SMOKIN' 42 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1517 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2015-03-27
Best ToY finish
#1192
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
677.80
last 3 Master vs avg 677.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 174.66 · weakest Pork (165.87)
Road miles
238
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
677.80 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
High-water mark
690.7884
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7884 at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-03-27
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
SMOKIN' 42 BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 89 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SMOKIN' 42 BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' 42 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 166.2512 | 170.64 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 158.8000 | 166.63 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 158.8000 | 165.87 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 169.1084 | 174.66 | top 20% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2015-03-27
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 174.66 · weakest Pork (165.87)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
677.80
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
105
65–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
238
3 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
Power rating
1517
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- First call The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3144 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- 2015
- First category win (Brisket) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score690.7884 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1517) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash | 2015-03-27 |
| +4.8 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | 2014-10-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.3 | Flames on the Flint | 2015-03-13 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 39% | 95.9% | 94.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-27 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA | 5 / 28 (690.7884) | 8 (170.8228) | 9 (169.6800) | 6 (170.2856) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2015-03-13 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 44 / 72 (675.3024) | 56 (166.2512) | 23 (171.4172) | 41 (168.5256) | 34 (169.1084) |
| 2014-10-10 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Lyons, GA | 11 / 25 (667.3144) | 5 (174.8572) | 19 (158.8000) | 19 (158.8000) | 2 (174.8572) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1192 (238 pts) | #1377 (208 pts) | #1370 (208 pts) | #1350 (228 pts) | #987 (338 pts) |